After having crossed the "Saint-Genis-Laval - Hôpitaux Sud" station at the beginning of July, the tunnel boring machine crossed the 1,000-metre mark last Friday 13/11/2020. The TBM is ...
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On the 3-4 December 2020 you will be able to attend the presentations of the finalists and the announcement of the winners. This year the 6th edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards will move into a ...
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The Andrews Labor Government is delivering the Suburban Rail Loop, unveiling a huge Budget boost that will pave the way for the biggest rail project ever built in Victoria – and help drive our ...
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Last week TBM Meg was relaunched from the Metro Tunnel's Parkville Station site towards the CBD, to complete the second tunnel. It follows the relaunch of TBM Joan, which began a parallel 1 km ...
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At its meeting on 11 November 2020, the Federal Council approved the general project for the Basel Rhine tunnel. The new tunnel will relieve the frequently congested A2/A3 between the Hagnau and ...
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The Mexico City-Toluca interurban rail line project has been shortlisted as a finalist for the ITA tunnelling awards in the category “Overcoming the Challenge’ - High performance ...
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Highways England is inviting tenders to build the longest road tunnel in Britain that sits at the heart of the proposed Lower Thames Crossing, the most ambitious road project for a generation. ...
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Throughout the beginning November a huge 750-t crane has been lowering into place the giant front shield parts of the first of the three Snowy 2.0 TBMs. Snowy 2.0 is the largest renewable energy ...
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On the 6th of November 2020 an excavator with hydraulic hammer broke through the first 59 m tunnel under the Isarco river. The ground in the most southern construction lot of the ...
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On 01/09/20 after 3.5 months of excavation and a month ahead of schedule, the TBM called Gaia completed the second tunnel tube for the Rijnland Route. The TBM covered a distance of 2,250 m, from ...
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Connection Tunnel Excavated at Cremorne Wharf - Cremorne Wharf Depot became the latest site in the central section of the Tideway project to connect to the main 'super sewer' tunnel as ...
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France's recently completed Galerie des Janots was the scene of some unforeseen challenges. During excavation with a Main Beam TBM, crews encountered a stalagmite studded 8,000 cubic meter ...
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For over the last 50 years, Sotecnisol led the waterproofing market in Portugal and has grown a strong presence in other countries, namely in tunnel drainage and water proofing with PVC ...
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On 29/10/20 Governor Ralph Northam joined the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and state and local leaders to break ground on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) Expansion Project. ...
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Registrations now open for over 1,000 one-to-one meetings with HS2 contractors.
HS2 Ltd’s third annual ‘Meet the Contractor’ event takes place between 23rd-26th November ...
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A modern, safe, resilient, and reliable communication system is a key component of any confined space, mine, or tunnel access safety system. Tunnel workers rely on regular contact with their ...
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Metro has selected the winners of its art and naming contest for its third and final set of tunnel boring machines that will dig twin Purple Line Extension subway tunnels between Westwood and ...
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TBM Joan - On the 20/10/20 TBM Joan began its 1 km journey from the Parkville Station site to the new State Library Station site of the Melbourne metro. Named after Victoria’s ...
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After months of preparation on the Isarco River Underpass construction site, the excavation of the first few metres of the tunnel has begun.
The excavation works in this southernmost ...
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On 27/10/2020 HS2 revealed updated designs for the Canterbury Works vent shaft headhouse and compound, in South Kilburn, London. It will be one of four structures that will be built to provide ...
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Super sewer drives its way through London passing underneath 21 bridges
A giant tunnel has this week been dug under the final bridge in London before completion.
On 26/10/2020 ...
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In March 2008 the ACCIONA and Sacyr consortium were awarded the contract to design and construct the Mularroya dam in La Almunia de Doña Godina, Chodes and Ricla (Zaragoza). The contract ...
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A TBM EPB-Shield (diameter 6.57 m) has been assembled for the Seattle Public Utilities and King County Wastewater Treatment Division's Ship Canal Water Quality Tunnel Storage Project. The TBM is ...
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Online Conference and Ceremony - The international competition launched in 2015 by International Tunnelling and Underground Association (ITA) returns in 2020 for a promising 6th edition. For 5 ...
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Taking part in the HAGERBACH NXT 50 series of webinars will broaden your understanding on the role of underground spaces in helping humankind sustainably develop on this planet and eventually future ...
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On the 22/10/2020 the Mixshield TBM (diameter 6.54 m) for the Los Angeles Outfall Tunnel project arrived at its destination.
The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts invited Los ...
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Last week a TBM, named Dame Whina Cooper in honour of the Maori rights champion, arrived in Auckland after a voyage of more than 9000 km from its factory in southern China. The ...
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Due to the constantly changing situation regarding the coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lack of planning certainty, InnoTrans is to be postponed until 2022. After consulting with international ...
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Work is progressing well, across Cross River Rail’s eight worksites in Brisbane. The project will help transform South East Queensland by unlocking the bottleneck at the core of ...
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NorthConnex, the dual 9 km tunnel which will link the M1 Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga to the Hills M2 Motorway at West Pennant Hills, will open to traffic on the 31/10/2020, taking ...
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On 16/10/2020 MMRC achieved a 33rd breakthrough with the 653-m long tunnel from Churchgate to Hutatma Chowk station for the metro Line 3 in Mumbai. It is the first TBM breakthrough ...
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Mitma (Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana) and Nueva Aquitania signed an agreement for the contracting and execution of a study to look at the re-opening of the Somport ...
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Tried and Tested TBM and conveyor complete Ohio River Tunnel - A 6.5 km (4 mi) long tunnel for wastewater storage below Louisville, Kentucky, USA has more to it than meets the eye. ...
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Press release - HS2 awards contract for first two London tunnelling machines
This month the contract for the first two giant tunnel boring machines for London’s HS2 tunnels was signed with ...
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On 03/10/2020 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 9.02 km Atal tunnel in Rohtang, in the Pir Panjal range of Himalayas at an altitude of 3000 m (10,000 Feet) from the Mean Sea ...
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On 16/09/2020 the Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) completed the longest water pipeline tunnel project in the world. Its length is 12.445 km driven with a TBM, ...
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